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Faust
1-st act (fragment)
Mephistopheles: Ildar Abdrazakov
Faust
opera in five acts
Music by Charles Gounod
Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carre after motifs from the eponymous legend and tragedy by Goethe
Musical Director and Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Director and Set Designer: Isabella Bywater
Costume Designers: Isabella Bywater with Nicky Shaw
Lighting Designer: Jennifer Schreiver
Video Designers: Nina Dunn, Ian William Galloway with Salvador Avila
Choreographer: Dmitry Pimonov
Movement Director: Dan O’Neill
Musical Preparation: Natalia Mordashova
Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
World premiere: 19 March 1859, Theatre-Lyrique, Paris
First performance at the Mariinsky Theatre: 15 September 1869
Premiere of this production: 26 April 2013